TRAPPING IS HAND-ON

Make this set — if you can still bend your fingers.

Trapping is tough on your hands. There is no question about it. I once trapped with an old-timer, about halfway through the season, he would declare, “I know when I’m trappin’ because my hand looks like the back foot of a beaver.” This old fellow trapped all winter long, bare-handed.

I could not follow in his footsteps. If I stick my hands in icy water,